Canada

Uganda, Ghana LGBTQ+ activists urge Ottawa to step up action against homophobic laws

OTTAWA - Canada is missing a pivotal moment to fight a rollback of LGBTQ+ rights abroad, activists say, and they're urging the Liberal government to put more action behind its condemnation of homophob...

Mar 20, 2024

'Fire Weather' among books shortlisted for Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

TORONTO - John Vaillant's bestselling book about the Fort McMurray wildfire is shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. "Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast" is one of five n...

Mar 19, 2024

Invasive species lead to access restrictions in B.C., Alberta national parks

Parks Canada is closing all bodies of water in British Columbia's Kootenay and Yoho national parks, and restricting watercraft in Alberta's Waterton Lakes National Park in an effort to slow the spread...

Mar 19, 2024

Senate passes updated Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement without support of Tories

OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a bill to implement Canada's updated free trade agreement with Ukraine, paving the way for it to become law. It passed without the support of a single Conservative senat...

Mar 19, 2024

Quebec cop death: Criminologist calls for mandatory risk evaluations for patients

MONTREAL - Risk assessments should be mandatory before Quebec's mental health review board decides whether a patient is released into society, a criminologist told a coroner's inquest on Tuesday. Jose...

Mar 19, 2024

Requirement for all new vehicles to be sold by 2035 to be zero-emissions, could increase power demand by 13.5%

PRINCE GEORGE - The federal government is mandating that all new vehicles sold by 2035 in Canada will need to be electric, but this could increase the country's power demands by as much as 13.5 percen...

Mar 19, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Quebec, Ottawa reach agreement on health-care funding

Quebec has reached an agreement in principle on health-care funding with the federal government. Premier Franois Legault's office says the proposed infusion of $900 million in health transfer payments...

Mar 19, 2024

Highlights from auditor reports on B.C. overdose prevention, safer-supply programs

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general has released a report on two key government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic-drug crisis. The first audit examined the implementati...

Mar 19, 2024

What to know about MPs' vote on Palestine statehood, changes to Middle East policy

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament passed a symbolic motion on Palestinian statehood in the House of Commons late Monday with support from the Liberal government. Here's how the motion differs from Ottawa...

Mar 19, 2024

MP Housefather 'reflecting' on future with the Liberals after Middle East motion vote

OTTAWA - Quebec Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says he is "reflecting" on his future in the Liberal party after a heavily amended NDP motion on Palestinian statehood passed in the House of Commons on ...

Mar 19, 2024